GRAMMAR REVIEW 105 DIRECTIONS of a sentence in which four words or phrases are underlined. The four underlined parts of the sentence are marked, A, B, C, D. You are to identify the one underlined word or phrase that would not be acceptable in standard written English. Circle the letter of the underlined portion which is not correct. Example: The study of these animals are truly fascinating, and A B many books have been written about them. c D In this sentence, the verb are in answer B is incorrect because the subject is study, which is singular. Thus B is the correct answer. Remember that if a prepositional phrase separates a subject and verb, it has no effect on the verb. singular subject 1 Buying clothes are often a very time-consuming practice B A because those clothes that a person likes are rarely the ones Cc o that fit him or her.106 SUBJECT AREA REVIEWS 2. Because they had spent too many time considering the new en the students lost = opport unity to — the apartment. 3. These televisions are all too expensive for we to buy at A B c this time, but perhaps we will return later. D 4. After she had bought himself a new automobile, she sold A B c her bicycle. D 5. The next important question we have to decide is when A B do we have to submit the proposal. c D 6. George has not completed the assignment yet, and Maria A B Cc hasn’t neither. D 7. John decided to fobuy in the morning a new car, but in the afternoon h ¢ changed his mind. c D 8. Some of the plants in this store require very little care, but this A B one needs much more sunlight than the others ones. c D10. il. se 1S. 16, GRAMMAR REVIEW 107 . After George had returned to his house, he was reading a A D B c book. Many theories on conserving the purity of water has been = + proposed, but not one has been as widely accepted as this one. c D ‘The food that Mark is cooking in the kitchen is smeiting A 8 c delicious. D After John eaten dinner, he wrote several letters and A 8 c went to bed. D . The manager has finished working on the report last night, A B Cc and now she will hegin to write the ather proposal. 0 . Because Sam and Michelle had done all of the work A 8 theirselves, they were unwilling to give the results to Joan, c D Daniel said that if he had to do another homework tonight, he A B Would not be able to attend the concert. Cc D Alter to take the medication, the patient became drowsy and A B c more manageable. D108 SUBJECT AREA REVIEWS 17. We insist on you leaving the meeting before any A B Cc further outbursts take place. D 18. It has been a long time since we have talked to John, isn’t it? A B c D 19. Henry objects to our buying this house without the approval A B of our attorney, and John does so. c BD 20. Rita enjoyed to be able to meet several members of Congress B c 21. After being indicted for his part in a bank robbery, A B the reputed mobster decided find another attorney. Cc D 22. Harry’s advisor persuaded his taking several courses which did A B not involve much knowledge of mathematics. Cc D were George, Betty, Jill, and me. D 24. The work performed by these officers are not worth our paying A B Cc them any longer. D25. 26. 21. 29, 31, GRAMMAR REVIEW 109 The president went fishing after he has finished with the 7 BC D conferences. Peter and Tom plays tennis every afternoon with A B c Mary and me. D There were a time that I used to swim five laps every day, but A 6b c now I do not have enough time. D . He was drink a cup of coffee when the telephone rang. c Do A B We called yesterday our friends in Boston to tell A 8 c them about the reunion that we are planning. D . The children were playing last night outdoors when it began A B c to rain very hard D Those homework that your teacher assigned is due A B on Tuesday unless you have made prior arrangements to turn c D it in late. ' Please give me a few coffee and some donuts ; A B c if you have any left. D110 SUBJECT AREA REVIEWS 33. There are ten childs playing in the yard near her house, but A B your child is not among them. c D 34. People respected George Washington because he was A B a honest man, and he turned out to be one of our greatest Cc Do military leaders. 35. He isn’t driving to the convention in March, and a S c neither they are. D 36. Catherine is studying law at the university, and so does John. A B c D 37. The company has so little money that it can’t hardly operate A B c D anymore. 38. My cousin attends an university in the Midwest which A B 39. The students were interested in take a field trip to The A B c National History Museum, but they were not abie to raise D enough money. 40. Because they have moved away, they hardly never go A B c to the beach anymore. .Al. 42. 43. 47. GRAMMAR REVIEW 111. Us students would rather not attend night classes in the A B summer, but we often have to. c D The policeman ordered the suspect to don’t remove his hands A B c. from the hood of the car. D It was him who came running into the classroom A B c with the news. D . My brother doesn’t care how much does the car cost because A B c he is going to buy it anyway. D . Mary and her sister studied bioiogy iast year, and c A B so does Jean. D . Pete had already saw that musical before he read the reviews A B c about it. 5 There’s a new Oriental restaurant in town, isn’t it? AB ic . The government has decided voting on the resolution now A B c rather than next month.112 SUBJECT AREA REVIEWS 49. The professor is thinking to go to the conference A 8 on aerodynamics next month. c D 50. His father does not approve of him to go to the banquet A B without dressing formally. c oD John would like to leave. John would not like to leave.